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	Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Criterion (iii): The arrival of the Neolithic cultures marked a major milestone in human cultural and technological development, which is vividly illustrated by the vast complex of ancient flint mines at Spiennes.
		Criterion (iv): The flint mines at Spiennes are outstanding examples of the Neolithic mining of flint, which marked a seminal stage of human technological and cultural progress.
		The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes, covering more than 100 ha, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe.
	whc.unesco.org /sites/1006.htm (155 words)

	SPIENNES FLINT TOOLS BELGIUM NEOLITHIC
		The Neolithic flint mines in Spiennes, Belgium have been considered so important to our world history that UNESCO inscribed the large prehistoric community and mine network there in the year 2000.
		This remarkable Spiennes flint blunt borer was fashioned on a thick flake and features a blunt, stout tip.
		Unique to Spiennes, when the flint was exhausted above the bedrock, the rock layer was penetrated to reach the chalk layer below.
	www.paleodirect.com /n017.htm (482 words)

	Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		She was waiting for me and we drove off to the first of the two archeological sites while telling me that the whole area of Spiennes is scattered with over 1000 Neolithic mines, holes in the ground, around 4-12 meters deep, where the ancient Neolithic men dug for flint stone about 4000 years BC.
		Visiting Spiennes was quite a unique experience and I would like to extend my big thanks to Helen and Michele for guiding me and learning me more both about modern archeology as well as Neolitic mining.
		When you reach the village Spiennes, the site is clearly marked with signs 'Sites prehistoire de Spiennes', but when you have gone through the village, all traces disappear.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/flintminesspiennes.html (1654 words)

	Flint implements for sale - Page 2
		A Neolithic grey flint axehead, measuring 118 mm/4.5 ins.
		The axe has flaked surfaces overall and a gentle posterior taper, the cutting edge lost but subsequently reworked, some iron staining.
		From Spiennes, Belgium (incorrectly marked France on the implement).
	www.ancientrelics.co.uk /FI_NEW_Page2.htm (276 words)

	Show Mines of Belgium: Les minières de silex néolithique de Spiennes à Mons
		The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe.
		Shafts between 10 and 15m deep were sunk through the chalk, the galleries for the mining are radiating out.
		Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes (Mons), a stamp released in Belgium in 1968.
	www.showcaves.com /english/be/mines/Spiennes.html (220 words)

	SRPH: Neolithic flintstones mines in Spiennes - Digest
		The men who started to dig mines in Spiennes, some 6 000 years ago, are regarded as the oldest miners in the world.
		Large pieces of flint, of around two metres long, have been extracted there with a special technique called "foudroyage".
		The Neolithic mines in Spiennes clearly show, as it is the case with others monuments registered in the UNESCO List, the human beings’ inventiveness.
	www.minesdespiennes.org /en.html (644 words)

	Belgium - World Heritage Site
		The Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) are an extraordinary exception to this: they are about 4000 years old.
		According to many reports, a visit to the Flint mines in Spiennes is hard to organize.
		That was my impression at first too, but after some internet research and with a full gas tank and plenty of time on my hands it proved not too difficult.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /countries/country10.html (252 words)

	Neolithic Artifacts "The Bonesbunch" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This collection was found at a place called Camps-a-Cayoux near Spiennes in Belgium and is approx.
		This set was found at a place called Camps-a-Cayoux near Spiennes in Belgium and is approx.
		his core was found at a place called Camps-a-Cayoux near Spiennes in Belgium and is approx.
	www.thebonesbunch.com /neolitic.html (173 words)

	Mines: Stone Age Flint Mines
		So the miners at Spiennes cut through a rather hard layer of limestone to reach another layer of chalk with valuable flint.
		It seems they knew enough of the geology to know that their would be flint below, which would reward the enormous effort.
		But the quartz used for this is typically fine quartz sand, not the nodules from the Cretaceous chalk.
	www.showcaves.com /english/explain/Mines/Flint.html (448 words)

	NEOLITHIC TOOL CORE
		This specimen was made from flint mined at the site and subsequently knapped into a tool by the inhabitants of the Michelsberg Culture.
		An excellent example of a European Neolithic tool core from an important part of human history and from a prominent Neolithic site.
		This excellent flint flake tool core was fashioned from the classic Spiennes flint.
	www.paleodirect.com /n038.htm (576 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes, a World Heritage site, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe.
		The site at Spiennes is just one of the many exciting sites on the itinerary of the Archaeology in Belgian Study Tour.
		This, which is led by Archaeologist David Beard, runs from Saturday, 28 May to Friday, 3 June 2005.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=6185618&postID=111435024430521003 (122 words)

	NEOLITHIC FLINT MINES IN SPIENNES
		Spiennes is the centre of prehistoric civilization in Europe (from the Palaeolithic Age to the Iron Age), where ancient neolithic mines were brought up to date.
		Today, the site makes part of a development project that will create a discovery centre.
		Access: road Mons-Beaumont, crossroads of Spiennes, follow sign-posted route.
	www.opt.be /informations/hainault_attraction/EN/H/V/32198.html (125 words)

	Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (50°25'50" N, 3°58'43" E)
		Go to the Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) on the UNESCO site.
		The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century.
	www.twobeds.com /nasa/herrminator/html/Belgium.html (1053 words)

	World Heritage Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Especially for years prior to the establishment of the World Heritage Centre (1992), the file may represent only a small portion of the nomination.
		Le minières de silex néolithique des Spiennes à Mons (french only)
	whc.unesco.org /pg_friendly_print.cfm?ID_SITE=1006&CID=31& (202 words)

	Wikipedia: Flint
		It remained an essential mineral resource for making fire, including the flintlocks on early firearms, until the close of the 18th century.
		Since the dawn of European civilization, some of the best flint has come from Belgium (Obourg, flint mines of Spiennes), the coastal chalks of the English Channel, the Paris Basin, the Sennonian deposits of Rügen and the Jurassic deposits of the Kraków-area in Poland.
		See also: chalcedony, chert, obsidian, List of minerals
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/f/fl/flint.html (191 words)

	World Heritage Sites in Belgium
		Includes four major town houses: the Hotel Tassel, the Hotel Solvay, the Hotel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta.
		The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes, covering more than 100ha, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe.
		The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai bears witness to a considerable exchange of influence between the architecture of the Ile de France, the Rhineland, and Normandy during the short period at the beginning of the 12th century that preceded the flowering of Gothic architecture.
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-belgium.html (278 words)

	Diary for Kouran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This should help me to better understand and practice my advocacy for free softwares and my idea of freedom in computers
		I was asked to do a presentation during the Linux days in Spiennes (B) on April 26th 2003.
		Title will be : Economical justification of Open Source solution in companies.
	www.advogato.org /person/Kouran/diary.html?start=5 (314 words)

	Hainaut: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Lower row: Acbeulean implements from Spiennes Hainaut, 1:4.
		and France and consists mostly...These two sites Spiennes and Mesvin Hainaut, 2 together with a few phosphated...
		Book by Léon Van Der Essen; The University of Chicago Press, 1916
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101247864 (1517 words)

	Website dedicated to Science, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Regional, Europe & Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Heritage of the Wallonia Region - A permanent excavation site in exceptionally well preserved prehistoric deposits..
		Neolithic Flintstone Mines of Spiennes - The six thousand year old Mines of Spiennes are a Unesco World Heritage site..
		The Start of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe - New evidence from the Belgian coastal lowlands indicates that key changes in microlithic armature technology coincided with the adoption of early ceramics by final Mesolithic hunter-gatherers at the site of Doel in the lower Schelde valley..
	www.findtutorials.com /internet/dir/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Regional/Europe/Belgium (171 words)

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		A permanent excavation site in exceptionally well preserved prehistoric deposits.
		The six thousand year old Mines of Spiennes are a Unesco World Heritage site.
		The Start of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe
	www.romancenotes.com /directory/index.php?c=Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Regional/Europe/Belgium (200 words)

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